| 1758 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4969 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1899 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2709 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 349 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 4134 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2846 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 41421 | Morohashi |
| 3332 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6414 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2777 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1748 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
1969 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 暗黒 【アンコク】 darkness
- 暗夜 【アンヤ】 dark night
- 冥暗 【メイアン】 gloom, shade
- 幽暗 【ユウアン】 gloom, darkness, seclusion
Kun reading compounds
- 闇 【やみ】 darkness, the dark, bewilderment, despair, hopelessness, hidden place, secrecy, oblivion, black market, shady trading, underhand transactions, illegal channels
- 闇垢 【やみあか】 alternative account (on social media, etc.), hidden account, sub account
- 暁闇 【あかつきやみ】 moonless dawn
- 五月闇 【さつきやみ】 dark night in the rainy season
- 暗い 【くらい】 dark, gloomy, murky, depressed, dispirited, down in the dumps, dark (mood), dark (in colour), dull, ill-boding, dark (e.g. past), suspicious, unlikely (to succeed), hopeless, unpromising, unfamiliar (with), ignorant (of)
Readings
- Korean:
- am
Spanish
- oscuro
- sombrío
- poco claro
- sin esperanza
- confuso
Portuguese
French
| 8e9.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-8-9 | SKIP code |
| 7760.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-16-39 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 95c7 | Unicode hex code |
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 垢衣 【コウイ】 dirty clothes, grimy clothes
- 垢膩 【コウジ】 dirt and grease, filth, grime
- 恥垢 【チコウ】 smegma
- 膣垢 【チツコウ】 vaginal smear
- 垢 【ク】 klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
- 垢膩 【コウジ】 dirt and grease, filth, grime
- 無垢 【ムク】 pure, innocent, spotless, immaculate, unspoiled, pure, unmixed, unadulterated, long kimono made from the same plain-coloured cloth
- 純粋無垢 【ジュンスイムク】 pure and innocent, immaculate
Kun reading compounds
- 垢 【あか】 dirt, filth, grime
- 垢 【アカ】 account (e.g. for an online service)
- 廃垢 【はいアカ】 abandoned account (on social media, etc.), unused account, old account
- 鍵垢 【かぎアカ】 private account (on social media, esp. Twitter), account that can only be viewed by approved followers
Readings
- Korean:
- gu
Spanish
Portuguese
French
- crasse
- saleté
- cérumen
| 1076 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 418 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1879 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 5058 | Morohashi |
| 1008 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2187 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2302 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1477 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3b6.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-6 | SKIP code |
| 4216.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-25-04 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 57a2 | Unicode hex code |